Poultry-dippiira apparatus



A. F. RANDOLPH.

POULTRY DlPPlNG APPARATUS.

APPLICATION mso MAR 21,1911.

l1,3 1 1,772. Patented July 29, 1919.

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Eva E. RANDOLPH, 0E BLOOMEIELD. Iowa.

POULTRY-DIPPING APPARATUS.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Pateted July 29, 1919.

Application led March- 27, 1917. Serial No. 157,685.`

. Be it known that I, ALVA F. RANDOLPH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bloomfield, in the county of Davis and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in' Poultry-Dipping Apparatus; and I dohereby `declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, suclrasiwill enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to makeand use the same. 1

lhisinvention relates to poultry dipping apparatus, and the primary-object of the invention is the provision of a device of this type adapted to be positioned at the exit of a poultry house midi-includes a tiltablei section to be traversed bythe poultry when leaving the house, and a 4tank forming a supporti for the tiltable section and adapted to be filled with a suitable liquid, the said tilt-able section being adapted to be tilted under. the weight of the poultry soasto result in the depositingof the .poultry into the? A further object of the'invention is the provision of a poultry dipping device to be positioned at the exit of a poultry house and including a tiltable section to be traversed by the poultry in leaving the house, and an obstructing element carried by the tiltable section and adapted to close the exit opening in the house upon operation of the tiltable section.

Other objects will appear and be better understood from that embodiment of my invention of which the following is a specification, referenee being had to the accompanying drawing forming a part thereof, in which:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional View taken through the dipping apparatus, showing the same positioned adjacent the exit opening of a poultry house, the latter beletter A designates ay portion of a poultry house, B an exit opening in one wall thereof, and C an inclined runway leading to the opening B,

The dipping apparatus is designated, as entirety, bythe numeral 1, and comprises a rectangular sha )ed tank adapted to be filled with a suitable lliquid, the said tank having the forward end wall thereof inclined, as shown. at 2. Opposed and parallel extending strips 3 are mounted, respectively, at the upper edges of the side wallsof .the tank and have their rear ends extending beyond the rear wall of the tank, as shown at 1 in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. Disposed above the tank, and `having one end overlying the interior of the tank, is a tiltable sectiondesignated, as an entirety, by the numeral 5. The tiltable section consists of a rectangular platform G, which has its inner or farward end provided with a pair of depending platesS, the said plates being located, respectively, at ,the opposite sides of` the inner end of the vplatform 6 and dishaving vertical swinging or tilting move' ment. The platform 6 is provided with a suitable cage 7, which is of a length substantially co-equal with the length of the platform G and is formed of meshed wire, and the opposite ends of the cage 7 are open. The sides of the wire cage are fastened to the platform G by the depending plate 8. The upper side of the platform G is provided with a metallic plate 10, which extends throughout the length of the platform 6 and has its forward end deflected downwardly at an angle, as shown at 11, and thence horizontally, as shown at 12. Vhen the tiltable section 5 is in the position shown in Fig. l of the drawing, the rear end of the platform G rests upon a transverse stri 13, which has connection with the rear en( s of the strips 3, the said strip 13 serving as a stop for limiting the downward movement of the rear end of the tiltable section 5. The inner end of the tilt-able section 5 lies in close proximity to the opening B in the wall of the poultry house, so that a fowl in passing through the opening B will step upon the rear end of the platform 6. When the fowl in passing over the platform G reaches the forward end of the platform, the said forplate, with oponingsswiltoli;vreoeiveftlie i Warden-wai pointed domwaeurosot# ing in the fowlV falling from the platform, and entering the tank. The horizontalopor tion 12 at the forward: end of'utsi'ie plate *1'0" will serve as a sub or auxi1-`1fgxf1ty-J uponV which the fowl can enter upon before enteringthe tank,-soasl to, prevent the fowl otal movement of the platform: After the fowl has been deposited: with "ght of the irearfendfof'tii able section 5 wilflvoanso the. seot'ifon' toa-'etwa to norma-11 Y j-ecte'dto the bathgthgufow-l can. readily "es-f foapo ifom the tankf; by@aScand1.11,@- tliellafofthetanln A .plate 15a-is Fig; 21, eliepilfatotlf will bofrased andialnodl with the-openingifandaobstmcttfie passage' the Team end of'thooage `7; p i

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